“Obviously expectations have risen over the last year because we’re doing well,” Watson said. “But as players we’ve got to handle that pressure better.

“I think both teams are going to go into the game having lost the first game so we need to win.

“Our fans expect us to nowadays, which is great, but we’ve got a lot of pressure on us as well, so we need to go into the game, be positive and try to play the same as we’ve been doing at BT Murrayfield for the last year.”

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Flanker Watson even admitted that he could understand why fans would lose confidence in the side after such a heavy defeat to a relatively inexperienced Welsh outfit.

“I’d say it’s expected to get a bit of a backlash after a loss like that,” he said.

“I don’t think many people were expecting it and the fans are probably quite right to be a bit hacked off after a game like that, but no-one’s hurting more than the players, so we need to put it right as well.

“We need to go out and be positive and obviously it’s a must-win game for us if we want to have anything to do with this championship, but it’s must win for France as well, so it’s going to be a tough game.”